-
objects as such –
objects that do not
exist in
space and time. Most
nominalists have held that only
physical particulars in
space and time are real,...
- bicycle, an apple, and a
particular woman's hair can all be red). In the
nominalist view,
everything is particular. A
universal at each
moment in time, from...
- God.
William of
Ockham inspired anti-metaphysical
tendencies with his
nominalist limitation of
human knowledge to
singular objects, and ****erted that the...
- artifacts,
differs sharply with
modern forms of idealism. One of the
first nominalist critiques of Plato's
realism was that of
Diogenes of Sinope, who said...
-
intellectual activity.
There was a
debate between the
realists and the
nominalists over the
concept of "universals".
Philosophical discourse was stimulated...
- Poet" "Experience" "Character" "Manners" "Gifts" "Nature" "Politics" "
Nominalist and Realist" "New
England Reformers"
Wikisource has
original text related...
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considered an
advocate of
conceptualism rather than nominalism, for
whereas nominalists held that
universals were
merely names, i.e.
words rather than extant...
-
neither a
Platonist who
believes in
abstract logical entities, nor a
nominalist according to whom the
particular is
first in the
orders of explanation...
-
interconnections between certain aspects of
nominalist philosophy and
theology and
works of literature.
While the
presence of
nominalist ideas in
fiction and
poetry has...
-
called Platonists;
those who deny
their existence are
sometimes called nominalists. The
terms "Platonism" and "nominalism" also have
established senses...
